Ok, basically health officials in the UK are saying that STIs will soon be able to be diagnosed by plugging a computer chip containing a sample of urine or saliva) into your phone. Post transmission/receipt and processing, health officials also say the results would be available in minutes.
Why are they doing this? It's an attempt to control herpes, chlamydia, and gonorrhea infection rates.
Questions:
What implications does this have for American mhealth?
Will this lead to pre-hook up testing?
How accurate will the results be?
I heard about this on the BBC a few weeks ago. One of the things they mentioned is that they're also looking to have the app use location mapping to point individuals to the closest treatment facility. I think that adds a specific focus on public health that is important too - particularly with communicable STIs
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